The rise and fall of the antimalarial Lapdap: a lesson in pharmacogenetics

Lancet. 2010 Aug 28;376(9742):739-41. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60396-0. Epub 2010 Jul 3.
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MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Hemolytic / chemically induced
  • Anemia, Hemolytic / etiology*
  • Antimalarials / adverse effects*
  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use
  • Dapsone / adverse effects*
  • Dapsone / therapeutic use
  • Drug Combinations
  • Drug Resistance
  • Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / complications*
  • Humans
  • Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy*
  • Pharmacogenetics
  • Proguanil / adverse effects
  • Proguanil / analogs & derivatives*
  • Proguanil / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Drug Combinations
  • chloroguanil, dapsone drug combination
  • Dapsone
  • Proguanil